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Indian Country set for big and busy week on Capitol Hill (July 22, 2024)
Indian Country is set for a busy week in the nation’s capital, coming after the GOP convention and the end of Democratic President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign. 
The public safety theme on the second evening at the Republican National Convention included a message from Forest County Potawatomi Chairman James Crawford.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds a legislative hearing on July 10, 2024.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds a legislative hearing on July 10, 2024.
A federal program to compensate people exposed to fallout from U.S. nuclear testing expired, leaving countless Navajo Nation residents in limbo.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is getting back to work with a hearing on four bills.
Cronkite News: Bill returns bison to tribal homelands (July 1, 2024)
A bipartisan bill would relocate some of the 20,500 buffalo on public lands to tribal lands. 
Native America Calling: Native skateboarding is a big deal (June 21, 2024)
Skateboarding has become increasingly popular among Native athletes and recreational boarders, as organizers step up their support with places to skate. 
An ambitious multimedia project has taken over the campus of one of the world’s leading performing arts centers, located on the homelands of the Lenape people.
Cochiti Pueblo artist and designer Virgil Ortiz discusses his participation in The Dream Machine Experience at Lincoln Center.
Teachers have been in short supply across Arizona. Nowhere is that felt more than at schools run by tribes and the federal government.
Cronkite News: Indian citizenship law hits century milestone (June 8, 2024)
June 2 marked one century since then-President Calvin Coolidge signed a law granting U.S. citizenship to Native people. 
Join Andi Murphy for The Menu, Native America Calling’s regular feature on Native food!
An exasperated Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-New Mexico) is demanding answers from the Biden administration about public safety in Native communities.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds an oversight hearing on public safety in Native communities.
Native America Calling: Your summer Native reading guide (May 21, 2024)
There’s something for everybody on the summer reading lists by our expert panel of Native super-readers. 
The House Committee on Appropriations heard from dozens of Indian Country leaders who testified about their funding needs.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts a roundtable discussion on May 8, 2024.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts a roundtable discussion on May 8, 2024.
Nearly a year after the state of Arizona announced a crackdown on a Medicaid scheme exploiting vulnerable Native people, tribal citizens are still calling for action to combat the problem.
The House Committee on Appropriations is hearing from dozens of Indian Country leaders who are testifying about their funding needs.
Native America Calling: A sample of Native Guitars Tour 2024 (April 26, 2024)
Native Guitars Tour is heading up a two-day music and fashion presentation in New Mexico. 
The murders of three Navajo men by white high school students touched off a series of racially-fueled conflicts in a border town in New Mexico.
Kaiser Health News: Native communities hit by epidemic of syphilis (March 22, 2024)
“Syphilis is deadly to babies. It’s highly infectious, and it causes very severe outcomes,” said Meghan Curry O’Connell of the Great Plains Tribal Leaders’ Health Board. 
Four states and six tribes in the Colorado River Basin are working on what could be a historic agreement — if it happens at all.
Native America Calling: Native hoops highlights (March 20, 2024)
It’s basketball tournament time and Native America Calling is talking free throws, three-pointers and trophies. 
Native America Calling: Is there another way to look at time? (March 11, 2024)
Tribes maintain schedules for harvests, ceremonies, family and feasts. How does the concept of time factor in?
Native America Calling: Native agriculture and Native business (February 29, 2024)
Native agriculture is now a $6.4 billion industry, doubling in sales from 2017 to 2022. 
KUNC: Water projects blocked due to opposition on Navajo Nation (February 21, 2024)
Federal energy officials took the unusual step of denying permits to several pumped hydropower projects proposed on the Navajo Nation, citing a new policy that gives tribes a greater voice in projects on their lands.
Native people access hip and knee replacements at a rate lower than other ethnic groups.
VIDEO: National Congress of American Indians honors Pueblo leader Joe Garcia (February 15, 2024)
The National Congress of American Indians honors the late Joe Garcia at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. 
Soup, sharp knives and nominations for Native-owned businesses are on The Menu, a regular food feature from Native America Calling.
Tribes taken Biden administration to court over $4 billion energy project (January 24, 2024)
The Biden administration’s renewable energy agenda is being tested in court with a lawsuit from tribes opposed to a $4 billion development that runs through their homelands. 
New leadership named at New Mexico Indian Affairs Department (January 22, 2024)
The New Mexico Indian Affairs Department has entered the new year with new leadership following controversy in 2023. 
Montana Free Press: Plans call for more solar development on public lands (January 22, 2024)
The federal government is soliciting input on a plan to open public lands to new solar projects. 
Stateline: Tribes tackle broadband disparities in Indian Country (January 22, 2024)
In 2020, more than 18% of people on tribal lands lacked access to broadband, compared with about 4% in non-tribal areas. 
Cronkite News: Native veterans travel far for services and benefits (January 19, 2024)
The president of the Navajo Nation is calling on the federal government to open a full-service veterans medical center to the reservation. 
Cronkite News: Tribes welcome new and upgraded health care facilities (January 16, 2024)
Three new and upgraded health facilities recently opened in Arizona to provide Native people with better access to health care, and more are in the works. 
Native America Calling: Native volleyball is a fan favorite (December 7, 2023)
For fans and Native communities, volleyball matches and tournaments are sometimes as popular as football and basketball. 
Native America Calling: The fight for pre-K education programs (November 15, 2023)
As Head Start approaches its 60th year, federal funding for the pre-kindergarten program remains well short of the need in Indian Country and beyond.
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